Elon Musk's friends 'staged an intervention' when he said he wanted to start his own rocket company and made him watch videos of rockets exploding

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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman thinks pausing AI development is 'foolish' and 'anti-humanist'

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman.

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No more 'yours truly': Gen Z is speaking a whole new language in the office

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Workers commuting in London.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's dad helped market FTX's in-house cryptocurrency and became a key legal advisor, report says

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Sam Bankman-Fried and his father, Joe Bankman.

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All eyes are on ARM as the chipmaker prepares to start trading in 2023's biggest IPO. It will be a massive test of confidence in the AI boom.

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ARM is preparing to return to the stock market in a blockbuster IPO.
ARM is preparing for a blockbuster return to the public markets on Thursday in a test of investor appetite for AI-related companies.

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Apple's new iPhone 15 is an underwhelming 'slap in the face,' say disappointed fans

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Apple CEO Tim Cook with the iPhone 15.

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Elon Musk and his siblings hated one of their mom's boyfriends so much that they put tiny firecrackers in his cigarettes that exploded, book says

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Elon Musk is close with his mother Maye Musk.
Maye Musk dated the man after she divorced Elon Musk's father Errol Musk, according to Walter Isaacson.

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Elon Musk said that he had to take 'random drug tests for a couple of years' after smoking weed on the Joe Rogan podcast: 'Fortunately, I really don't like doing illegal drugs'

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Elon Musk was rebuked by Taiwan after appearing to defend the one-China policy: 'Listen up, Taiwan is not for sale'

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019, holding a microphone in front of a large red banner.
Elon Musk at the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in 2019.

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Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk 'outstanding' and 'talented' just days after he admitted denying Ukraine's Starlink request in Crimea

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Elon Musk thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia, according to his new biography.

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